Disclaimer: No own NARUTO!
A/N: Oh yeah, but just in case you guys got confused or whatever, how Naruto said Sakura was refusing all dates and then she ended up going out with Kyoshio, she was refusing them before Sasuke came back, so he would feel worse. And after she stormed out of Tsunade's office, she ended up bumping into Kyoshio and he just asked her out, and she accepted...so hope that's cleared up now!
"Ano-sa, ano-sa! TEME!" Naruto shouted.
"What is it you dobe?" Sasuke asked angrily, snapping around.
"You're just going to march right into Sakura-chan's date like that? She's going to hate you even more you know." Sasuke gaped. Naruto was actually making sense. "And besides. You obviously need love advice."
"What? Where can I get...love advice?"
"Ooooh! Ichiraku!" Of course, no matter how much his best friend needed help, ramen always came first for Naruto. "Miso ramen please!" he shouted at Ayame.
"Coming right up!" And... it did. Five seconds later, a bowl of miso ramen appeared in front of him, and he dug right in. Sasuke plopped down tiredly right next to him.
"Oi Naruto, what were you saying about love advice?"
"Oh yeah! Well - another bowl please! Well anyway, you need help. And who better to get it from then -"
"Who? Who? Tell me WHO!" But, it was too late. Naruto was on his next bowl of ramen...and the cycle went on. Naruto finishing a bowl of ramen, Sasuke trying to get him to talk, and Ayame bringing another bowl for Naruto before he could say anything to Sasuke. After all, trying to interupt Naruto while he was eating ramen was like trying to get Jiraiya to stop his habit of peeping... But, after a few dozen bowls of ramen, even if Naurto's stomach could stand it, his wallet couldn't.
So, they went back to walking around Konoha. "Naruto, what were you saying about love advice?"
"Oh right. Well, you need it. And I know just the people to give it to you!"
"Who?"
"Let's see, there's Neji. He's with Tenten."
"Neji! That cold hearted bastard? He - "
"Then there's Chouji and Lee. They met these two girls over at the Mist. And then there's Shikamaru! Oh yeah. He's probably the one you want to go to. He's got both Temari and Ino. And can't forget me!"
Sasuke almost jumped a few feet into the air. "You?"
"Hai! My wonderful Hinata-chan!"
Sasuke stood, rooted to the ground, completely surprised. Nooooooo! The world is ending! Those bakas have girlfriends and I don't! And Sakura Haruno refused me! ME!
Naruto watched as Sasuke went deeper and deeper into self-pity. "Sasuke-teme! Come on! If you really want Sakura-chan back, hurry up."
Sasuke, who was busy rocking himself back and forth and looking like a total idiot, looked up at Naruto. "Why're you helping me anyway?"
"There's just something bad about that Kyoshio. I know there is. But Sakura-chan won't believe me. So, the only thing left to do is for you to steal Sakura-chan away from Kyoshio! Now let's go!"
Sasuke stood up and looked Naruto in the eye. (Which was way easier seeing as how he got taller.) "Naruto...arigatou."
Naruto looked at Sasuke too and then grinned. "You can thank me later! Now let's go!" Naruto ran off and Sasuke walked slowly behind him. Soon, they reached a meadow. "Neji! Shikamaru! Hinata-chan! OHAYO!"
And there they were. "Naruto-kun!" Hinata waved and smiled. She was completely different from the girl a few years ago. After going out with Naruto, she had loosened up and overcome her shyness. (When you're as close to someone as Naruto, he ends up rubbing off on you.) The energetic blonde waved and grinned at Hinata.
"Oi Naruto, what'd you call us here for?" Shikamaru asked. "This is so troublesome, you know."
"You called them here?" Sasuke asked Naruto. "When? I never saw you call them!"
"Well actually, Hinata-chan saw me inside Ichiraku so she went and -"
"You know what? I don't want to know."
"Oi Naruto! Can we hurry this up? I told Tenten to meet me at two-thirty - it's two right now!"
"Well, MAYBE IF YOU STOPPED INTERUPTING ME AND LET ME GO ON WITH WHAT I HAD TO SAY THIS COULD GO ON QUICKER!" Everyone winced. Naruto at full volume wasn't something that the eardrums welcomed.
"Okay, so tell us."
"Well, Sasuke-teme here wants Sakura-chan back!"
"Uh huh and..."
"That's it."
"You dragged us all the way out here for this? Ugh. How troublesome."
"The point is he needs love advice! And the person that's stealing Sakura-chan away from Sasuke...is Kyoshio." Neji and Shikamaru's heads snapped up at this. Sasuke, of course, noticed it right away.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with Kyoshio?"
"Sasuke," Neji began, "well, actually... Jiraya-sama was out gathering information on Akatsuki and he heard that Uchiha Itachi had disappeared a while after Sabaku had been sucked out of Gaara. That was around the time that Kyoshio appeared. And he's been asking around about you a lot. There's also a strange prescence around him. The Hokage-sama suspects something too."
Sasuke gaped.
"But he hasn't done anything so far," Shikamaru went on. "But if he even does one suspicious act, we'll jump him! I mean... we'll take him by force." Everyone sweatdropped, but right after that, they turned serious.
"Sasuke, you okay?"
"Of course I am! Besides, there's no way Itachi could be Kyoshio!" But something lingered at the back of his head. Or...could there?
"But do you see?" Naruto said. "You just have to help him! It's also for the good of Konoha!"
"Uh huh, whatever," Neji said.
"This is going to be troublesome."
"Hinata-chan, can you help too? You know Sakura-chan more than any of us here anyway."
"Of course Naruto-kun!"
"Isn't Temari coming today also?"
Shikamaru flinched. "Yeah. Kuso! Ino probably knows too... great. Just great."
"I heard Gaara was coming too. He could be helpful," Naruto suggested.
"Yeah. With his mob of fangirls," Shikamaru snickered. And then he started giggling. Right after that, he broke out into nonstop laughter. Everyone looked to the cause of it.
There was sand tickling him.